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At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), a freezing order was executed yesterday against a farmer suspected of agricultural funding fraud, with an estimated damage of €161 000.

A delegation from the Polish Ministry of Justice is visiting the Central Office of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Luxembourg today and tomorrow to discuss Poland's future participation in the EPPO and gain legal, operational and administrative insights into our work and organisation.

On 17 January 2024, a working arrangement was signed between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and France’s Treasury and its Interministerial Anti-Fraud Coordination Mission (MICAF – Mission interministérielle de coordination anti-fraude).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) carried out 25 searches and other investigative measures in six countries yesterday, in an action targeting a suspected €19 million VAT fraud, involving second-hand mobile phones imported from Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States.

Today, the General Prosecutor of the Slovak Republic Mr Maroš Žilinka made a public comment in which he attempted to downplay my concerns relating to recent legislative amendments proposed by the Slovak government concerning the Criminal Procedure Code, the Criminal Code, the Act on the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Act on the Protection of Whistle-blowers. In his comment, the General Prosecutor indicated that two years and a half after the start of EPPO operations, six European Delegated Prosecutors managed to make “altogether five indictments” in Slovakia.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy), a freezing order was executed yesterday against technology companies suspected of aggravated fraud involving research projects, with an estimated damage of €730 000.

(Luxembourg, 12 January 2024) – On 10 January 2024, following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia), the branch of the Regional Court of Ostrava in Olomouc convicted one business owner and one company of EU funding fraud.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has carried out 31 searches in several locations in Lithuania and detained nine suspects, in connection with an investigation into the development of an environmentally friendly cling film, co-funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ljubljana (Slovenia) has filed an indictment at the District Court in Maribor against an association and its legal representative, for subsidy fraud involving three Erasmus+ projects, financed by the EU.